Germany Surrenders 75 Years Ago: End of World War II in the European Theater

From the May 6, 2020, Mesa (Az) Daily Independent  "AP was there:  Nazis surrender, ending WW II in Europe" AP.

Reims, France.

Nazi commanders signed the surrender to Allied forces in a French schoolhouse on May 7, 1945, 75 years ago.  This ended World War II and the Holocaust.

Unlike the mass celebrations 75 years ago when the news went out (it had been expected for weeks), surviving veterans and civilians back then are not celebrating this milestone (which became known as V-E Day) because of the coronavirus confinement which is of particular danger to them because of advanced age and conditions.

During the war, AP reporters and photographers put their lives on the line with five of them killed and one,  correspondent Joe Morton, who was executed by the Nazis.

On May 7, 1945, AP witnessed the Nazi surrender and was first to  announce it to the Allied public, defying  authorities who wanted to delay the momentous announcement.

However, there was still the war in the Pacific against Japan to continue.

A Great Day.  --GreGen